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Helvetica. Arial. Comic Sans (LOL! ). These are some of the most famous fonts you can find online and in print. Let's add another worthy contender to that list: Cats. Yes, cats. As pointed out by Japanese sites Togech and Weekly ASCII, the upper a...

Microsoft Excel isn't only for spreadsheets. It can also be used to create art. Don't believe me? Just ask 73 year-old Tatsuo Horiuchi. He'll tell ya. But why Excel? "Other specialized graphic software is expensive, and Excel came pre-installed in...

With news about some actors rejected the offer of making an appearance (or in Titanium Ranger's case, cancelled) for Power Rangers Super Megaforce, fans wondered what is this "generic invitation e-mail" actress Karan Ashley is talking about in her...

Evangelion Director to Star in New Ghibli Film tv-movies The Sankei Sports newspaper reported that Hideaki Anno, most known for directing the Evangelion anime series, will be taking on his first voice-acting role, in a feature anime film, in the n...

One of the great things about Keiji Inafune's Soul Sacrifice is that it's being supported with a bunch of free DLC post-launch. Among the DLC are a handful of new bosses, such as the previously revealed Ghost and Ouroboros.

May 10, 2013 It seems like Silent Hill: Revelations 3D has yet to reach Japanese shores. While the rest of the world has already experienced the horrors of the Silent Hill sequel, the movie sets its sights for Japan quite late.

Seen in the fifth episode of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger Season 2, the Powerful Rangers will also be featured in the S. H. FiguArts toy line! To acquire them, extra parts will be included in the Japanese release of S.

Gravure idol and actress Yumi Sugimoto (Engine Sentai Go-Onger, Mutant Girls Squad) revealed on her blog that she was diagnosed with acute pyelonephritis. She was diagnosed with it after there was a sudden change in Sugimoto's physical condition a...

Heavy metal/idol fusion group BABYMETAL has revealed the cover art and track lists for their upcoming second single, Megitsune. The A-Side song, Megitsune will feature the group's usual metal style but will also incorporate a traditional Japanese ...

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: The Movie Title Unveiled Toei invited 600 extras to perform the ending dance for upcoming summer movie, entitled Gaburincho Of Music. As a present, the participants received a part of the script for the dance scene.

From 8-bit to live-action: 26 years after the Kunio-kun series first impressed Japanese gamers with its brand of 2D side-scrolling beat-em-up gameplay and heated high school drama storylines, the franchise is finally getting a live-action movie ad...

The official TBS shop began selling (nearly) life-size stickers of the Ho-kago Teatime band members from the K-ON! anime on Friday. The stickers were inspired by decorations displayed at the Lumine Est and Lumine Man department stores in Shinjuku ...

Since Disney bought Marvel Comics in 2009, observers wondered how long it would take for The Mouse to make an animated movie out of someone like The Hulk. Last summer, Entertainment Weekly reported that Disney was looking at little known Japanese...

The Cinema Today website began streaming a full 95-second trailer for Short Peace, the omnibus of four shorts by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Memories, Steamboy) and other leading anime creators, on Friday.

Almost approaching the Sorceress in eye-popping hugeness, Dragon's Crown's ultra-muscular Amazon has finally received her own trailer, and is already proving the first choice of many eager gamers both for her massive axe and rather prominent poste...

Mr. Children will release their new single "REM" on the 29th of May as a digital single download. "REM" was writing especially for the upcoming film "Real~Kanzen naru Kubinagariyuu no hi", which will release in theaters 1st of June.

May 10, 2013 Shounen baseball manga "Daia no A" (ダイヤのA) or "Ace of Diamond" has been greenlighted for an anime adaptation. The anime adaptation of Terajima Yuuji's series will be part of the Fall 2013 lineup of anime shows.

North American video distributor Discotek Media announced on Friday that it will release the The Fantastic Adventures of Unico and Unico in the Island of Magic films as a double feature Blu-ray Disc later this year.

AKB48 Umeda Team B's Komori Mika has also announced her graduation tonight during the [Theater no Megami] show in the AKB48 Theater, just mere minutes after SKE48's Hioki Miki and Itou Akane announced theirs at the SKE48 Theater.

Jason David Frank once said that he is likely to return if Saban invites him to return to make a cameo appearance in Power Rangers Super Megaforce. After the said generic invitation e-mail has surfaced online, fans started to speculate if he accep...

Predating the days of televised anime, shorts have allowed the field's top talent to experiment. This long tradition looks like it's going to yield some dazzling results in Short Peace, an anthology presented by Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo and G...

Fans hoping to replay Devil Survivor 2 over summer vacation will have to wait a little longer to join the JPs. Atlus pushed Devil Survivor 2: Break Record back from July 11 to fall 2013. Atlus says they delayed the game to increase the quality of ...

If it's taking up residence on beds of sushi, winning hearts with adorable poses or curling up on your face while you sleep, the cats of the world seem to be inching closer to world domination with each passing day.

More Characters of an Extra Fate It's been more than a Moon since the release of Type-Moon's PSP JRPG sequel, Fate/Extra CCC… Besides the Twitter campaign, the official site has been quite quiet during the passing week.

It seems like Chuunibyou fans can rest easy now, with more Rikka on the way. It was reported in in the June issue of Newtype magazine that the production on the second installment of Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!

The first official image of Super Best DX Den-O Belt was revealed in a recent Kamen Rider toy catalog. Bandai's Super Best line is a rerelease of DX Kamen Rider belts with some additional items not seen in the original release.

Video games have never really been a stranger to controversy. In 2003 the hot topic was Rockstar's Manhunt, which was banned in several countries due to its subject matter and level of violence. We've come a long way in the last decade, though, an...

The animation studio Gonzo has released a new trailer of their upcoming comedy mystery involving a murder, a bookworm-turned-dog, and fist fights with books. Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou is about a high school boy named Kazuhito Harumi who spends al...

In the last episode of "A. B. C-Z オーストラリア縦断 資金０円 ワーホリの旅" (A. B. C-Z's working holiday trip through Australia with 0 yen), the guys treated their employers for the day with a performance, and otherwise had fun tending to the unique selection of fau...

Here’s your Oricon Rankings for Sunday May 7, 2013. In both singles and albums, today’s rankings look almost like a brand new chart! The only holdouts from yesterday’s album rankings are Yuzu, Hoshino Gen, Funky Monkey Babys, and E-Girls.

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